Basically I go to pf, and they have no barbells or anything like that. I was doing Dumbbell Bench Presses but the dumbbells only go up to 60 and I exceeded that weight. Is it alright to do Bench Press with a smith machine?
Also my chest/back routine Smith Bench Press - 4x8-10 Chest Fly machine - 4x8-10 ( I've been thinking of replacing this with Dumbbell Incline chest Press ) 3x8-10 Lat Pulldown 3x8-10 Cable Row 3x? Pullups 4x8-10 hammer curls(my forearms are shit)
Can I get any imput/advice on this, im gonna go workout in 2-3 hours and wanna know if I should add in/change anything. > Inb4 deadlifts, I cant
Luis Cooper
since all your other exercises are memes yeah it's fine to just add another meme exercise
Brody Brown
Why not go to a real gym?
Elijah Harris
you would be better off using that time to find a real gym
John Peterson
What are non meme exercises? This is the only one close and open 24 hours. I tend to go at like 3-4am.
Cooper Martin
squat bench deadlift
Brandon Hill
Wait why go so late?.. you have a weird work schedule?
Liam Thompson
>late He said 3-4 AM meaning morning you tard
Luke Brown
Thats one reason. Another reason is that planet fitness gets so crowded when I get off work I have to wait extremely long for machines. At 3-4am its practically empty. And don't even get me started on how crowded it is after new years.
James Clark
I dont understand why the smith machine gets a bad rep. It's just as heavy as lifting normal weights, and does the " range of motion " really matter that much?
Ethan Cooper
Would you think you lifted a real weight if 2 dudes on each side held your plates between their fingers during the whole lift and everytime you move the wrong way they push a little bit back with their fingers
Parker Jackson
smith machine should be banned
Chase Morgan
Go to a real gym if you care about your lifts.
Adam Morales
It's not necessarily being held up for me, you flick the thing and the metal thing sticking up holds it up. If I progress on the smith machine would that not transfer over to a real barbell bench press?
Alexander Gutierrez
All the muscles you use to stabilize the weight would be way under developed, so you'd be much more likely to fall
Jeremiah King
The machine balances the barbell. If you would do it without you need tot balance it yourself The muscles to do that need tot be developed alongside your Chest or there will be a strength imbalance
Ryan Allen
Do stabilizer muscles play a large role in mass? My goal atm is not to look dyel. It's better than doing nothing until I can switch to a better gym.
Bentley Gray
>Do muscles play a large role in mass?
Nicholas Martinez
I have no clue what a stabilizer muscle is.
Brody Williams
All the small muscles attached to bones and joints throughout your body that do fine-motor stabilizing. Imagine having many tiny biceps exerting pressure at various angles to keep your arms balanced so the big muscles can actually do their work effectively. They are important for a healthy physique and will carry over to real life strength. They will add some mass yes.
Eli Long
Realistically I cant do much at planet fitness that works these muscles without using dumbbells, and the dumbbells go up to 60.
Charles Wilson
do sets of 20 then with the dumbells on flat bench
or better yet join a real gym not some clownshow were they serve pizza
Brandon Lewis
Wont that work more endurance rather than strength and volume. Would I gain any mass from that?